Robot AI startup Physical Intelligence just raised $400M Series A from Jeff Bezos and OpenAI at $2B valuation.

Their breakthrough: π0 model treats robot control like language. Train once, deploy on any robot. Same AI folds laundry, assembles boxes, buses tables across 8+ different robot types.

Founder playbook:
• Ex-Google DeepMind researchers start nights/weekends project (Q3 2023)
• Emerge with $70M seed at $400M valuation (March 2024)
• Release technical demo showing 97% success vs 0% for competitors (Oct 2024)
• Close $400M Series A, 5x valuation in 8 months

Why it matters: Most robots are task-specific. Physical Intelligence cracked cross-embodiment learning—skills transfer between different robots without retraining.

This is the Android moment for robotics.

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